Gas-burner.



C. L. KOONTZ.

GAS BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2I, \9I6.

Patented Jan. 30, 1917.

rue? sra rns rerun" CHARLES L. KOONTZ, OF SOUTT-i'. BEND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO AUGUSTUS O. KOONTZ, 01 SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

GAS-BURNER.

misses.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan, 310, 1119917.

Application filed April 27, 1916. Serial No. 93,940.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CriAnLns L. Koon'rz, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Burners, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a gas burner constructed primarily with a view to a particular use, and in order that in such particular use the burner parts may be readily separable and conveniently removable for cleaning, repair or the like.

The improved burner is designed particularly for use as a heat producing unit for the melting pot of a linotype machine. In use with such structures, the necessity for cleaning or repair of the burner parts, as such burners have heretofore been combined in linotype machines, has required the disconnection of the burner as an entirety, as the necessary connected parts, in arranging the burner for the particular use, would not permit the simple separation of the burner parts per se. The necessity for such partial dismantling, when the burners are to be cleaned, entailed a considerable loss of time and the complete loss of the use of the linotype machine during such dismantling, burner cleaning and reconstruction.

The present invention is designed primarily with a view to avoiding the loss of time incident to the operation of cleaning the burners, as in the present arrangement, and broadly stated, the invention involves the provision of the burner cup in such form and arranged for such connection with the base and top as to permit a speedy and simple separation of the cup, so that those parts of the burner which ordinarily become clogged with carbon deposits in use, may be quickly and readily accessible without any appreciable loss of time, and also avoiding the disconnection of such linotype machine parts as are necessarily connected with the burner. The manner of disconnection of the present burner construction is also designed to avoid interference with those immediately adjacent parts of the linotype machine.

The invention in the preferred form of details will be described in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan partly in section, showing the improved burner as constructed particularly for use with linotype machines; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side elevation with the cup removed; Fig. 4 is an edge view of the cup; Fig. 5 is a similar view of the cup, taken at right angles to that shown in Fig. 4.

For the purposes of the present invention, the burner may be said to comprise a base 1, having an enlarged depending offset 2, formed with a gas passage 3, which passage is enlarged in the lower portion at 4, and threaded to receive a fuel pipe 5. The upper portion of the base has spaced parallel walls 6, merging at the relatively outer end into an oval outline as at 7, the inner edges of the edge wall thus formed, being shouldered at 8. The top 9 of the burner is provided with a laterally extended portion 10, shaped to fit within the outline wall of the upper portion of the base and rest upon the shouldered portion as shown. In one direction beyond the base, the burner top is provided with the usual circular burner extension 11, and diametrically in line with the extension 10, with an offset lip 12, having a longitudinally extending recess 13, opening through the upper edge thereof. That end of the burner base adjacent the circular portion of the top is formed with a recess 14, the said recess being disposed in the horizontal plane and being of the full width of the base at this point, and of considerable depth.

The burner cup 15 is of approximately circular shape in plan, having the annular fuel recess 16, and the central opening 17 for communication with the opening in the top as is usual in burners of this type. The upper edges of the walls of the fuel channel 16 are serrated in the usual manner, and for the usual purposes. In other words, the cup, aside from the details to be hereinafter specifically described, is of any usual or preferred form.

For the purposes of the present invention, the cup is provided, in line with its bottom edge or lower surface,- with a laterally projecting lug 18, of a size to snugly fit within the recess 14, and diametrically opposite said lug, in line with the upper surface of the cup, there is provided a laterally extending lip 19, formed with an opening 20.

In assembling the burner, the lug 18 is passed into the recess 14, in which position the lip 19 registers with the lip 12 of the top 9. The parts are secured in this relation by a bolt 21, passing through an opening 20, in the lip 19, and having a T-head 22- to overlie the upper surface of the lip 12 of the burner top, the lower end of the bolt being provided with a securing nut 23. By this specific arrangement it is obvious that by simply loosening the nut, the bolt may be slightly freed from frictional contact with the surface of the lip, and the whole cup moved laterally from beneath the top, thereby permitting the convenient cleaning of the parts, the reassembling of the cup in burner forming relation being quickly and simply performed by practically a single movement, a subsequent tightening of the nut rendering all parts secure and preventing possibility of disconnection. Of course, the outer wall of the channel 16 of the cup is interrupted in line with the chamber 24:, between the upper surface of the base 1, and the top 9, and the particular formation at this end of the burner is provided in order that the gas may find its way through the circulating systemincluding pipes 25 rising from the gas chamber of the burner to keep the material from chilling as it flows from the melting pot to the casting point of the linotype machine. I preferably secure the top to the base by means of a bolt 26 in the manner shown, although any convenient means for securing said parts together may be employed,

The improved burner is specifically adapted for use with linotype machines, and in such use will permit the convenient disassemblingof those parts of the burner necessary to clean by a simple speedy operation, and without the necessity of disconmeeting or separating any other part of the structure. Furthermore, the disassembling and reassembling is, through the use of the structure described, so expeditious that the 'linotype machine is necessarily out of commission but a very short time. 'Of course, it is to be understood that the invention is directed to a type of burner, and in such type, the improvement is contemplated for any use to which it is applicable. 7

Having described my invention, what I desire'to secure by Letters Patent is v1. A burner comprising a base formed with a recess, a top'extending laterally of the base, and a cup underlying the top havinga projection adapted to seat in the recess of the base to support the cup in burner forming relation with the top.

2. A burner compr1smg a base, an upper burner section extending laterally of the base, and a lower burner section underlying the upper section, said base and lower section being formed with interengaging parts adapted to support the lower section in burner forming relation with the upper section.

3. A burner including a base formed with a recess, a top removably secured to the base and projecting beyond the same, and a cup cooperating with the top to complete the burner, and formed with a projection to seat in the recess in the base, and cooperating means carried by the top and cup to secure these parts together beyond the base.

4:- A burner including a base formed with a recess, a top removably secured to the base and projecting beyond the same, a cup underlying the top and having a projection to enter the recess in the base, lips carried by the top and cup, and means for securing the lips together.

5. A burner including a base formed with a recess, a top removably secured to the base, and projecting laterally beyond the same, a cup arranged beneath the projecting portion of the top, and having a lug to enter the recess in the base, said top and cup being provided at points remote from the lug and recess connection with lips, and a bolt uniting the lips.

6. A burner including a base formed with a recess, a top'removably secured to the base, and projecting laterally beyond the same, a cup arranged beneath the projecting portion of the top, and having a lug to enter the recess and the base, said top and cup being provided at points remote from the lug and recess connection with lips, one of the lips being formed with an open slot and the other with an aperture, :1 T-head bolt arranged in the apertured lip and adapted to engage in the slot, and a nut for tightening the bolt.

7. A burner for linotype machines including a base having a longitudinal chamber enlarged at one end, a top having a circular burner portion and a lateral projection to close said chamber, and a cup engaging beneath the circular portion of the top, and removably secured to the base and top.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES L. KOONTZ.

Witnesses:

GEORGE J. OLTSCH, AGNES GORDON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

